At least eighteen individuals were killed by suicide bombers in Gwoza, northern Nigeria, on Saturday, June 29.
The director-general of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Barkindo Saidu, informed reporters that the first suicide bomber set off an explosive device at a marriage ceremony at approximately three o’clock in the afternoon.
“Meanwhile, there was a third attack at a funeral service by a female bomber disguising herself as a mourner,” Saidu claimed. “Minutes later, another blast occurred near General Hospital.” Among the dead were ladies who were pregnant and children.
The radio station reported that adult males, girls, and children were among the deceased.
Gwoza is located in Borno State, which has been severely damaged by an insurgency started in 2009 by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram. No one has yet claimed credit for the attacks.
Since originating in the state, it has destabilised the Lake Chad region and challenged Nigeria’s security.
Suspicion has been aroused by Boko Haram’s use of females in suicide bombings in the past, raising the possibility that some of the thousands of people they have abducted are indeed females. There are serious worries about the security situation in the region given the rise in suicide attacks in Borno.